4Group 3

flora - plants
fauna - animals
Marine
Tundra
Desert
Savannah
Grassland
Tropical Rain Forest
Deciduous Forest
Coniferous Forest
World Bioregions/Biomes GRADE 10/10

Biome -- a grouping of the world’s flora and fauna into a large ecological province or region; also referred to as bioregion
What is flora? The plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole
What is fauna? The animals of a given region or period considered as a whole.

Biome	Basic Description	Types of flora	Types of Fauna	World Location
1)Forests-	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX
A) Rain Forest		Epiphytic orchids and bromeliads, as well as vines, plants are evergreen with large, dark green, leathery leaves.	many different species of amphibians.
B) Broadleaf /mixed broadleaf & coniferous		garden shrubs and trees that have "regular" leaves, rather than needles	insects
C) Coniferous (Taiga)		White Spruce and Balsam Fir east of the Rockies; Red Pine, White Pine, and Hemlock in the Great Lakes Region. In British Columbia, dominant boreal trees include: Black Spruce, White Spruce, Lodgepole Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Douglas Fir, and Alpine Fir.	moose, bear, deer, wolverine, marten, lynx, wolf, snowshoe hare, vole, chipmunks, shrews, and bats
2) Mediterranean woodland, shrub & grassland		cork oak, olive, eucalyptus, arbutus, acacia, maritime pine, shrub oak, and live oak	Aardwolf, Black-tailed Jackrabbit, Cactus Wren, Golden Jackal, Grey Fox, Isand Grey Fox, Puma, San Joachin Kit Fox, Spotted Skunk, Wild Goat
3) Tropical Savanna, mixed grassland & woodland		Acacia Senegal, Baobab, Bermuda Grass, Candelabra Tree, Elephant Grass, Gum Tree Eucalyptus, Jackalberry Tree, Jarrah tree, Kangaroo Paw, Manketti Tree, River Bushwillow, Umbrella Thorn Acacia, Whistling Thorn	African Elephant, african Wild Dog, Black Mamba, Caracal, Chacma Baboon, Egyptian Mongoose, Emu, Grant's Zebra, Koala Bear, Lion, Nigriceps Ants, Nile Crocodile
4) Prairie & steppe grassland		short-grass type of plants	pronghorn antelope, mule deer, prairie dogs, and coyotes,bison, elk
5) Desert shrub		Cacti, small bushes, short grasses	lizard and snake
6)Tundra (Alpine)-		Shrubs, grass, sedges, mosses. lichens	arctic fox, snow owl, polar bear, and wolves.